This month Blacker Yarns are celebrating their 10th Anniversary. I think everyone at Blacker does a phenomenal job of creating yarn that speaks volumes about rare and native breeds, of sustainability and a range of yarns that really understand knitters and what we want out of their wool and cares about what we do with their yarn.

I give a little review of the Cornish Tin yarn which launches on 18th September to celebrate this milestone. It contains ten breed wools which have all been selected for their softness, lustre and are also representative of the spinning work done at the Natural Fibre Co. This is a really special yarn which is going to be available in DK (100g/220m) and 4ply (100g/335m) and in 5 fantastic colours and do listen in for the full yarny appreciation of this wool. I found it soft with a great stitch grip and incredible for lace and texture.

I have a skein of wondrous rare breed pedigree Teeswater yarn from Yarn Garden. This yarn comes from a flock in Teesdale and is a light fingering lace yarn. A 100g/425m skein will be perfect for shawls and more will make a wonderful drapey garment. I review the yarn in the skein and ask you to think beyond this skein to what it might become! Kudos to Louise and George at Yarn Garden for creating such depth and layering in the colours of these yarns, but keeping the natural lustre. Listen in for the full yarny appreciation.

You can win this amazing skein, in the colour Brookside Hardy Geranium, worth £16. To be in with a chance go to Yarn Garden’s shop and tell me in the comments below the colourway that calls to you! Entries close at midday (UK) on 6th October and soon after will draw a winner at random. And if you can’t wait until then I suggest you seek this awesome yarn out at Yarndale and grab a skein!

| BritYarn #GBSocksaway KAL

Isla launched plans this week for a sock KAL and with Socktober soon looming we will all be encouraged to cast on for some cosy socks. The rules are very simple; you can use any sock pattern and any yarn BUT the yarn should be grown in Britain, or local to you if you can’t get British wool where you are. Cast on is 1st October and to be eligible for a prize you should post an FO image in the BritYarn group by 8th November. Sign up in the BritYarn group on Ravelry and tell everyone what you plan to knit. Isla has a great range of sock patterns and sock yarns if you’re not sure what to knit and watch out for her blog post on her top sock patterns next week!

Another great episode as always. You’ve got me really excited about Yarndale. I’m going to dig out all my single, undyed breeds in my stash for the upcoming KAL and have a look at Yarndale for breeds that I don’t have. Yarn Garden has not been on my radar before, so thanks for the introduction. I am IN LOVE with the colourway Brilliance Fern – it seems the perfect early autumn colourway – light orange leaves on a pale blue sky. Love it!

Great podcast! Lovely yarn, and from near where I grew up too 🙂 I usually go for brighter shades but I’ve taken a liking to Short Stalked Catmint. Cats take a liking to it too, I remember meeting someone who said she had planted it to keep cats out of her garden. I bet she wondered at the cat shaped indentations that appeared.

This was my first time listening to a knitbritish podcast – certainly won’t be my last! Such a lovely range of colours on the yarngarden site, but I’d have to say Cheery Tart Sedum is my favourite; what a lovely rich colour.

Just the names were tempting enough and then I couldn’t make my mind up between colours…at this precise moment I think I would go for silver dust ragwort and I’m going to publish this comment before I can change my mind again! Thanks for giving me somewhere to head for as soon as I reach Yarndale 🙂

WOW! I only recently started to get drawn into the whole “Knit British” thing, so have spent a lot of time looking around seeing what is on offer – these colourways and names seem to me truly unique. I like the solid colours, especially the vibrancy of “Marsh Spurge Euphorbia” but the variegated is so delightful and different that I am definitely more drawn to them – “Coconut Lime Echinacea”, “Stone Age Hibiscus” and “Jenny Kaey Clematis” are all calling to me!

I was lucky enough to meet George and Louise at Fibre East and they’re fantastic! I love all of their colours but the one that’s really speaking to me is the Golden Panda Corydalis. I love blues and greens anyway but this is blue blue and more blue! Thanks for this wonderful giveaway, and I can’t wait for the next episode 🙂

It’s a tough decision to narrow it down to one, but I would have to plump for Winter Lights Hibiscus. I didn’t think I would love one as much as the clear blue of the giveaway, but they are all absolutely gorgeous.

As somebody who enjoys and is inspired by gardening, I LOVE the colours of Yarn Garden. If I have to choose it would be a close call between Short Stalk Catmint and Medusa Head Rye. However, I’m entering this give-away for a friend who has has the most luscious ability to combine colours, so speaking with her voice I’d have to go with Forncett Fletton Yarrow.

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